I'm not that good at writing stories, I tend to ramble on so don't bash

me too bad. This is my first fanfic so if the names are off then

please tell me. I will love all the things you have to say about this

story so here we go.

Mystery of the Shard

Prolog

It was a bright summer day in the feudal era in Japan. A young

girl with long raven black hair was walking her bike along side a boy

with long silver hair. In the basket of the girls bike was a little

boy who was quite strange for he had a bushy tail on him. With the

three was a monk who was known for saving many palaces and their lovely

princess. The group was walking along in a bitter silence. The raven

haired girl and the silver haired boy had gotten into another fight.

The girl wanted to go home and the boy wanted to continue their quest.

The girl just wanted to go for a day or two but the boy said no. They

had more important things to do them sit on their butts and sleep. He

had tried to make them walk through the night last night but the monk

had taken the girl and young boy and made a camp. Since the silvered

haired boy needed the girl he had to stop and wait for them.

"Where are we now Inuasha?" asked the young boy, "I think that

we are lost. Are we lost Kagome?"

"We are not lost Shipo!" yelled the silver haired boy named

Inuasha, "I know exactly where we are."

"Well then, where are we Inuasha?" asked the Miroku, the monk.

"Well, we, are," stumbled Inuasha.

Just then a village came into sight and the girl, Kagome,

yelped in glee. She was still getting used to sleeping on the groung

and jumped at any chance to get a good nights sleep in a warm soft bed.

Although the beds in the feudal era were no where near as soft as her

bed at home they were far better then the ground. She was also

looking forward to a nice bath too. They were not common at that time

and they were almost always cold.

"We are coming in to the village of Yamo-cana." said Inuasha in

a matter-of-fact way.

"Well, thank you Inuasha but your being left behind." yelled

the monk, Merashu form a few feet in front of him. Inuasha looked

around him and sure enough everyone else was running for the village

like their was a demon in their tail.

"Hay! Wait for me! We don't know if they are friendly or

not!" yelled the boy but they others were not listening to him. They

just kept running to the village. "Humans. They never look for the

danger of things. They will never get any where if they don't start

to look before they run." And with that he jumped and landed about one

hundred yards from where he was before. This was no normal boy. He

was half demon; he was half Heneu. The rest of his gruop were already

in the village and looking around when he got their.

The village void of life. Inuasha could not even smell any

humans for miles, except for his friends of corse. The stores were

empty and looked like they had not been taken care of for some time,

almost years. He and his friends went inside a store to get some food

when Kagome stopped in her tracks, whirled around and said, "Someone is

in here with us. And they have a shard with them.

Then out of the back room a long spiky vine shot out and tried

to grab Kagome. It was stopped by Inuasha using his Iron Reviver Sole

Stealer and destroyed the vine. Only as soon as that vine was killed a

new one took it's place. This went on for the better part of a half

hour with more and more vines coming out trying to get at Kagome until

Shipo took her hand and ran away with her to the woods with Miroku.

When they were out of sight of the village they stopped running. As

they caught their breath Kagome looked bak in the direction of the

village. She had a thoughtful look in her eyes then that gave way to

fear. Vines were all around them. They had run straight into the

heart of their assailant, the Earth. It was just like that movie that

she and her family went to see, Jumanji, while they were on vacation in

America when she was younger. It was funny to have run straight into

the danger Inuasha was trying to save them from. 'We are probably going

to die soon because Inuasha was not there to save us. My, how much we

depend on him to save every time we are in a jam.' thought Kagome. 'We

need him so much and I have yet to see him really rub it in. Maybe he

dose not realize how much he means to us. Where would we be now if he

wasn't here? I don't know but we need him so much now and he is not here

because he thinks that the danger is centered on him and him alone. He

has no idea where we are.'

Kagome's thoughts were interrupted when a vine shot out and grabbed

her legs and tried to drag her into the bushes to her death. "Oh my God!

Shipo, Miroku help me!" They both jumped to her aid put were unable to

stop the vines they only could hold them up for a minute or two. Miroku

was hitting the vines with his staff when another came out from behind him

and pulled him to the ground and bound him there. Another then went to

Shipo and bound him as well. They struggeled to get free but to no avail.

The vines were to strong for them to brake through. Kagome was being

draged to her doom and they were helpless to stop it all from happening.

They couldn't help her or even themselfs at this point. They were all

doomed to die in that place it seemed. Another vine came and slithered

aroung Kagome's neck and started to squeeze and shut he air supply off

from her for good

"Oh no! It is going to kill me!" yelled Kagome with the little

breath in her lunges, "Help me Inuasha! Help me please!"

"What was that? Was that Kagome? Is she in trouble? I need to

find her and help her some how." yelled Inuasha as he slashed though a few

more vines on a roof in the village near the edge of the forest. 'This is

getting boring. The more I send down the more jump up at me. This is not

happening to me. It can't be.'

While he was not paying attention a vine came up and grabbed

Inuasha's wrist and pulled him down from his perch on the roof. He was

pulled right into a bunch more of the vines and they grabbed at every part

of him and started to pull every which way they could and all most ripped

him apart.

'This is better. Much better.' thought Inuasha with an evil smirk

on his face. As he thought that another scream rippled through the air and

he knew for sure that Kagome was in great danger and he had to save her.

What the others were doing he had no idea but they were not there to help

her so he had to be there. With that Inuasha brought out him famous sword

Tetsaga and ripped through the vines. He landed softly on the ground on

his feet.

Many of the vines were killed and only a few were alive, but they

were dieing. With no more thought on the matter of vines Inuasha rushed

into the woods in search of Kagome and his friends. He ran through the

forest looking for his friends when he heard his name called out.

Only it was not called with a voice, it was called with a heart. A heart

that was going to die son if he did not get to it quickly. He had to save

her, he just had to!

'Oh Gods, I'm going to die! I'm only a kid and I'm going to die!

What was I thinking coming here? Where is Inuasha? He is always here when I

need him. Why hasn't he come yet? Maby he doesn't care any more? Maybe

he was killed by the vines like I am going to be. I hope not. He may be

a mean, stupid demon but he does not deserve to die like that. No one does;

well maybe a few but who cares.' Kagome said to her self as she struggled to

keep her footing and stay away from the darkness the vines came from. She

wasn't doing a good job of it though. Slowly she was being dragged into the

darkness and to her doom. She had screamed three times now for help but

none had come. The others were losing as well but not to her extent.

They were stronger and better at killing the vines. They also ha their

hands free and Kagome didn't. Just as Kagome gave up hope of help ever

coming and dropped to her knees in defeat someone shouted from behind her.

Kagome was to tired to look at who it was or even try to understand what they

had just said to her. She had given up on life and herself. Maybe now she

could find peace in death. If their was any such thing as peace, she would

find it soon.

"Where are they?! I can't smell them through all this foliage!

Damn it!!" yelled Inuasha as he ran through the forest in search of his

friends. "They couldn't have gotten few far from her in the short time we

were apart. Could they have?"

Then just as if the Gods wanted him to find the others he caught

their smell. He almost missed it because of the smell of death that covered

it. They vines or someone else did not want Inuasha to find his friends.

He ran in the direction the sent was strongest and in a matter of seconds he

herd some one calling out to Kagome and telling her to keep on fighting.

Something was very wrong. Kagome never quit at anything. So why was she

quitting now? What was different with this fight? As this though came

into his mind Inuasha came into the clearing were his friends were fighting

for their lives. Everyone that is except Kagome. She really had given up.

She was on her knees being dragged into the woods by many vines. In a matter

of seconds she would be lost forever. This could not happen, not on

Inuasha's watch.

Inuasha leaped into action. He ran over the Kagome and slashed away

at the vines holding her and fended of the many more that tried to get him

away from her. He would not let any one take her away from him and the

others. And particularly not before the jewel was found and put back

together. When all the vines were off of the girl he took a quick look

over her as he took her to where the others were after freeing themselfs from

the vines. She was unconscious and covered in some liquid from the vines

that Inuasha had killed. She would have many bruises and maybe a few broken

ribs. Her are was defiantly broken from the look of it, it was bent in a

weird angle just below her elbow where she was not supposed to bend. It did

not look to good. No at all. She needed help and fast. If she had only

fought a little more she wouldn't have been held for so long and be in such

bad shape. If only he had been their to help her when she needed him the

most. To many if's for Inuasha, he was here now and that was what mattered.

He would see them all out of this mess. Even if it killed him he would do

it.

As they were all getting ready to fight out of the mess they were now

in a sound came from the darkest part of the forest. It was like a growl

but it was even more frightening. It made the blood of the dead curdle.

As the sound died off a whimper came from the stile from in Inuasha's body.

They all looked at Kagome and gasped in shock. The part of the jewel shard

they had already collected was glowing a bright pink and it was spreading all

over the girl's body. As they gaped at Kagome Inuasha noticed that she was

getting lighter. Everyone backed away when Kagome was lifted from Inuasha's

arms and her eyes shot open in pure fear. She looked around and spotted

Inuasha and the others she screamed. Pain was leaving her body but the

realization that something was inside of her doing that scared her to death.

As she screamed a rather large flower came out of the forest and tried to eat

her. It swallowed her whole.

As this scene in front of him unfolded Inuasha was speechless he

couldn't believe what was going on. The jewel was reacting to something and

he had no idea what. Maybe it was that it was protecting it's holder. But

it never protected it's first holder. It let her die without a second

thought. Why was it doing this now, and when it was not even completed?

What was going on? Just then a huge flower came out of the forest and

swallowed Kagome whole. Iniashsa leapt at the flower and tried to get the

girl back but vines shoot out and pinned him and the others to the ground.

They were helpless. The were as good as dead. Even the good and pure and

beautiful Kagome was dead, or going to be soon.

Just then bright light just like the one that was around Kagome before

shoot out of the flower's mouth and eyes. Then just as sudden as it started

the light stopped. Then after a moment of silence, there was an explosion

and the flower was destroyed. Leaving a very wet and tiered Kagome floating

in the air. Kagome started to drop from her place in the air and when she

was touching the ground she collapsed on to the ground in a heap.

Inuasha rushed to Kagome's side and felt for a pulse. "Oh thank the

Gods. She is still alive." she had a pulse, a few strong one at that.

"We had better get her to your healer friend, you know Kykeo's

sister." said Miroku. And with that everyone got up and stated to walk away

from the area where a great mystery was started and one that had to be solved.

And this is the story of how it was solved.